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59th GP Città di Camaiore - 1.1
Italy, August 7, 2008
2007 Results Results Past winners
Bertagnolli imposes himself in Camaiore
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It was a great return to racing for Leonardo Bertagnolli, who won after a solo escape. 17 seconds behind a small group was led home by Vasili Kiryienka. Bertagnolli took revenge for some bad luck this season.
"After inconsistent performances in the first months of the year I trained by myself to achieve the best form. Now I'm in good shape and I'll do all that is possible to take advantage of it."
The race was decided two laps from the end, when Bertagnolli and fifteen other riders escaped. With eight kilometres remaining, the Liquigas' rider started the decisive attack and crossed the finishing line alone. Kiryienka and Biondo came in second and third, almost 20 seconds alter.
"I guessed the escape and on the last climb I understood that it was the right moment to make selection: I accelerated and gained enough time to stay away until the finish." The GP of Camaiore is Bertagnolli's second victory this season after taking a the stage in Intaka Tech World's View Challenge in February.
Directeur sportif Mario Scirea was also happy. "It's a great victory, that gives moral to the team and confidence to Bertagnolli for the end of the season. I hope could be good omen for Liquigas in the other races of August".
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- The trophies are all the same size for the top three.
- Bertolini gets attention after crashing into a barrier.
- The sprint for second saw one rider get seriously injured.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) takes the win with a solo escape.
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- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) takes his first major victory since last year's San Sebastian.
- The sprint for second place was interrupted by a nasty crash.
- Alessandro Bertolini hits the barrier
- Spectators look on as Bertolini lies on the ground after hitting the barrier at top speed.
- Kiryienka powers away to take second place from the chasing group.
- Alessandro Bertolini hits the barrier in the sprint for second.
- Vasili Kiryienka (Tinkoff) leads the chasers home.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) waves from the podium.
- Bertagnolli hoists his trophy after winning the GP Camaiore.
- The barricade that Bertolini hit suffered quite a bit of damage, too.
- The final podium: Vasili Kiryienka, Leonardo Bertagnolli, and Maurizio Biondi.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) in his UCI Europe Tour leader's jersey.
- The LPR Brakes team amasses at the front.
- The LPR Brakes team takes control.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) leads the escape.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) celebrates after his solo escape to victory.
- The first chase group after the line.
- Filipo Simeoni in his new Italian Champ kit. He came in 15th.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) leads the UCI's Europe Tour.
- Eventual winner Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) sits in on the climb.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) takes his first major victory since last year's San Sebastian.
- The sprint for second place was interrupted by a nasty crash.
- Alessandro Bertolini hits the barrier
- Spectators look on as Bertolini lies on the ground after hitting the barrier at top speed.
- Kiryienka powers away to take second place from the chasing group.
- Alessandro Bertolini hits the barrier in the sprint for second.
- Vasili Kiryienka (Tinkoff) leads the chasers home.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) waves from the podium.
- Bertagnolli hoists his trophy after winning the GP Camaiore.
- The barricade that Bertolini hit suffered quite a bit of damage, too.
- The final podium: Vasili Kiryienka, Leonardo Bertagnolli, and Maurizio Biondi.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) in his UCI Europe Tour leader's jersey.
- The LPR Brakes team amasses at the front.
- The LPR Brakes team takes control.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) leads the escape.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) celebrates after his solo escape to victory.
- The first chase group after the line.
- Filipo Simeoni in his new Italian Champ kit. He came in 15th.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) leads the UCI's Europe Tour.
- Eventual winner Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) sits in on the climb.
Results - 193.7 km
1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 4.29.14 (43.167 km/h) 2 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.17 3 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce 4 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Miche - Silvercross 5 David Tanner (Aus) Barloworld 6 Francesco Reda (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 7 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Preti Mangimi 9 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche - Silvercross 10 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.22 12 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 13 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes 14 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) NGC Medical - OTC Indutria Porte 15 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce 0.26 16 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.28 17 Santo Anza' (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.30 18 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Nippo - Endeka 19 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Cinelli - OPD 0.49 20 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Lampre 21 Alfonso Falzarano (Ita) Cinelli - OPD 22 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23 Christopher Froome (Ken) Barloworld 24 Francesco Tizza (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 25 Romas Sinicinas (Ltu) Cinelli - OPD 26 Michele Gaia (Ita) Barloworld 1.00 27 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 29 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 30 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 31 Bruno Rizzi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 32 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 33 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 34 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 35 Pierpaolo Tondo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka 36 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 37 Francesco Gavazzi. (Ita) Lampre 38 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce 39 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce 40 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce 41 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 42 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 43 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 44 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 45 Edwin Andrés Carvajal Jaramillo (Col) Miche - Silvercross 46 Alessio Signego (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 47 Domenico Agosta (Ita) Nippo - Endeka 48 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 49 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 50 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 51 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 52 Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche - Silvercross 53 Hubert Krys (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Doce 54 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 55 Massimiliano Mori. (Ita) Lampre 56 Stefano Usai (Ita) Miche - Silvercross 57 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 58 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 59 Umberto Nardecchia (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia Bossini Docce 60 Juan Pablo Dotti (Arg) Cinelli - OPD 61 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Preti Mangimi 62 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 63 Marco Osella. (Ita) Preti Mangimi 64 Stefan Koychev Hristov (Bul) Nippo - Endeka 65 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) LPR Brakes 66 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Preti Mangimi 67 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 68 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Cinelli - OPD 69 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 70 Devis Miorin (Ita) Nippo - Endeka 71 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 72 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 73 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 74 Kazuki Inoue (Jpn) Nippo - Endeka 75 Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Nippo - Endeka 76 Alexey Shchebelin (Rus) Cinelli - OPD 77 Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
Past Winners
2007 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 193.7 kms in 4.29.19 2006 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 193.7 kms in 4.33.18 2005 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) 193 kms in 4.32.12 2004 Paolo Bettini (Ita) 193 kms in 4.18.43 2003 Marco Serpellini (Ita) 193 kms in 4.37.31 2002 Davide Rebellin (Ita) 193 kms in 4.18.43 2001 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 197 kms in 4.36.36 2000 Wladimir Belli (Ita) 196 kms in 4.41.32 1999 Massimo Donati (Ita) 198 kms in 4.18.44 1998 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 198 kms in 4.43.25 1997 Alexander Gontschenkov (Rus) 198 kms in 4.30.41 1996 Alberto Elli (Ita) 209 kms in 4.46.42 1995 Luca Scinto (Ita) 209 kms in 4.52.53 1994 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) 209 kms in 5.17.32 1993 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) 209 kms in 4.55.55 1992 Davide Cassani (Ita) 209 kms in 5.06.25 1991 Gianni Faresin (Ita) 259 kms in 4.57.00 1990 Giorgio Furlan (Ita) 253 kms in 6.14.07 1989 Franco Ballerini (Ita) 1988 Rolf Sörensen (Den) 233 kms in 5.41.00 1987 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 229 kms in 5.00.35 1986 Claudio Corti (Ita) 5.02.00 1985 Alberto Volpi (Ita) 1984 Roberto Ceruti (Ita) 218 kms in 5.22.52 1983 Moreno Argentin (Ita) 263 kms in 6.21.58 1982 Jean-Marie Wampers (Bel) 210 kms in 5.10.00 1981 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 209 kms in 5.03.00 1980 Silvano Contini (Ita) 1979 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 199 kms in 4.58.00 1977 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 199 kms in 4.59.00 1976 Walter Riccomi (Ita) 1975 Francesco Moser (Ita) 1974 Giacinto Santambroggio (Ita) 1973 Emilio-M. Rodriguez (Col) 1972 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1971 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1970 Mauro Simonetti (Ita) 1969 Ernico Paolini (Ita) 1968 Gianpiero Macchi (Ita) 1967 Lucien Dalla-Bona (Ita) 1966 Bruno Mealli (Ita) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
